4 Smooches!

Synopsis

Emily Malone snuck into my life, slipped under my skin, and right into my heart. Little did I know that danger and death tagged along with her, following in her innocent wake.

I’m always in control – but not with her. Emily makes me doubt myself because she’s so important to me. Em knows nothing of the lifestyle. I know she’s submissive, but I must take it slow.

Gradually, step-by-step, I’ll teach her to enjoy my particular brand of kink, my unique darker needs. She’ll learn to love what I love. What I need.

That is if both of us live long enough to complete her training

“Kink is one of these books that grips you by the throat and takes you on a roller coaster ride of emotions. Heart pounding scenes and an amazing story of a woman and her journey into a BDSM lifestyle.” – Kristy, Book Addict Mumma

“Kink is a visceral and yet tender love story that could only be written by the sensual pen of Nikki Sex. Darkly intoxicating and wickedly irresistible…” Autumn, Agents of Romance

“A sexy love story written mainly from the Dom’s point of view. Really fascinating and steamy HOT!” – I Love My Ereader

Review

Holy hotness and red cheeks! And dare I mention that both cheeks were red in this book! Kink carries on with the lives of Paul Jarman and Emily Malone after the book Fate. (I would suggest reading Fate prior to reading Kink) These two go head first into their romance and there is no hiding their sexuality. Can Emily and Paul work through their past and finally get what they both desire?

“Me, Paul Jarman, the man who fucks, but never even dates, wants a ‘re-lat-tion-ship.'”

Paul introduces Emily to his world of kink. And if that isn’t enough he also has a dark side he likes to call the Beast. While he is working towards having Emily embrace his BDSM lifestyle he has to learn to keep his Beast in check. There are great scenes of BDSM acts, yet Nikki Sex weaves in the romance of Paul and Emily. I did feel at times, that Paul did get absorbed in having all the power and inflicted too much pain on Emily. It just made the character of Paul a ‘love to hate’ male in my book.

Very descriptive acts of BDSM are in Kink. I had a small problem with it in the beginning and had to adjust my perspective rather quickly. Their relationship can be described as a whirlwind. Emily and Paul consumed one another, both in the bedroom and in their everyday lives. These two work together, their families are oddly connected, and their club makes a comeback from the first book. Another element that made an appearance from Fate and I was extremely happy about was, André. I love his character and perhaps we can get more of his story in a new book *hint hint*. Take hot sexy time mixed with infidelity, insecurities, and trust issues and you get a great story by Nikki Sex.  4 smoldering smooches for Kink!

Sarah

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5 Smooches!

Synopsis

Casey Daniels has a past forged in Hell. Despite the friends, the endless supply of women, and the muscle car he spent years restoring, it still eats away at him.

Grace Paterson is in Sydney as a temporary bassist for Jamieson, the band Casey handles security for. She’s also infuriating, off-limits, and completely irresistible.

A deal is struck, and despite their intense and powerful connection, both think it will be easy to walk away. But life can be more ruthless than either of them ever imagined. Not only does Grace have a secret she’s desperate to keep, Casey has questions from his past that he’s willing to do anything to get answers for.

It’s not until someone wants one of them dead that Casey realises his love for Grace is the one thing he could never walk away from.

In a story of revenge, betrayal, secrets, and love, Casey will need to reconcile his past with his present, before the future he never knew he wanted is snatched away.

Review

Give Me Grace is the third book in the Give Me Series by Kate McCarthy.  I had this series recommended to me a while ago by my co-bloggertte, Nicole, and I have been madly stalking Kate’s facebook page waiting for Give Me Grace for what feels like forever.  The wait was well worth it!  I was blown away by Casey and Grace’s story.

I do not recommend reading these books as standalones.  This lovable blended group of security guys, rockers, models, and cops known as the Badass Brigade appear in all three books; their stories developing while their lives change.  So, while each book is about a different couple and their journey together, this series will be so much more enjoyable if you get to know the characters from the beginning, learning to love them way before their actual story is told.  Like Casey.  I loved him so hard and could not wait for his book.  So, read the books like this, because I said.

Casey and Grace’s story is my favorite of the series now.  I knew I was absolutely going to adore Casey.  He is a man-whoring, sexy as sin damaged man, who is so unbelievably kind to his friends.  He makes you feel all mushy inside.  He is THAT perfect book boyfriend; all hot tempered and mean in one breath and then smolderingly sensual in the next.  And when Casey meets Grace, a friend and member of the Badass Bridgade’s sister, he has met his match.  Grace is Henry’s sister and has been modeling and travelling all over the world since the tender age of 15.  She is tough, feisty, and sassy; a personality to match her fiery red hair.  Immediately, you sense the attraction between these two.  They hilariously fight it, throwing insults at one another, but soon the physical attraction is just too much.  Commence the ridiculous and sexy flirting!

“This was sexting?  How did people survive it?”

They are just so cute, hot, and funny.  The problem is, Grace is returning to her home in eight weeks but her and Casey strike a deal.  Eight weeks of each other and then they say goodbye.  Casey starts to realize that he may want more than eight weeks with Grace, but Grace fights it because the truth is she has more than a booming modeling career waiting on her back home.  She has to go home to face a hard reality that she would never subject Casey too.  Grace will win you over with her courage and love for those around her; protecting them at all cost.

“People come and go, Casey.  Some crash into your life and leave in the blink of an eye, others stay with you for years, but it doesn’t matter how long you have them for, because the way they make you feel stays with you forever.”

Casey also has his secrets and a tragic past to top that off.  A past that has left him hiding him true self and wanting to save the world.  I found myself mourning with Casey.  I was so incredibly sad for the hand life dealt little boy Casey.  Learning about Casey’s past only made me want his happily-ever-after even more.  He opens up to Grace giving her more of himself than anyone else.

“It’s okay to lose it, Casey.  Maybe you think I don’t see you, but I do.”

Casey and Grace seem to be magnets for trouble.  This book was chalk full of surfing accidents, fires, and car accidents.  All through this Casey wants nothing more than to protect Casey.  He can’t let the past repeat itself.

“Who do you think you are?  Batman?”

As with this whole series you will experience a beautifully written novel that will make you laugh and cry.  I really do love that Kate always has lots of action thrown in these books.  I especially loved this one because I felt like it opened a door to a whole new slew of characters I could grow to love.  (and perhaps another series, Kate..hint hint.)  This book was so special.  I literally could not put it down.  You will absolutely love Casey and Grace.

“Don’t you know?”  Grace looked at me, tired and pale, but happiness shone in her eyes.  “Casey’s my hero.”

Oh, and the ending.  It is a big one.  I could kiss and strangle Kate for it.  Now I am truly dying for the next book, Give Me Hell!

Amie

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4 Smooches!

Synopsis

When Willow Stone discovers that she is in competition with the exotic and worldly Molina for the coveted position of sex advice columnist, she realizes it’s time to up her game. Though she has impeccable writing skills, there’s no denying that a lifetime of being the good girl has left her ill prepared for this position. Realizing it’s her lack of experience that will keep her from achieving this dream, she decides to proposition the bad boy who once lived in her college dorm that always had a stream of women doing the walk of shame from his room on a nearly nightly basis. Surely someone that shallow, that experienced, and that wildly attractive could teach her a thing or twenty.

Only Wyatt has his own plans, and they don’t allow much time for teaching Willow what she would already know if she could just break free of the cool, calculating, proper demeanor that was part of being a Stone. His reputation has served him well through the years and being the black sheep of his family has never bothered him. What does, however, is Willow. She is a mystery to unravel, a present to be cherished, a young woman who just might rock his world by bringing him back into his family’s fold. She was everything they wanted for him and precisely what he had avoided since he started dating.

What will happen when the good girl gets mixed up with the bad boy?

Review

The good girl follows Willow and Wyatt as they work together to complete the sexual bucket list. Willow is the inexperienced girl that needs experience and knowledge in order to get a journalism job as a sex columnist and Wyatt comes across as the typical bad boy who loves them and leaves them. We learn that there is so much more to both of these characters.

Willow has been raised a certain way because of who her parents are, she is expected to behave a certain way and do things in the correct manner. At times you see the mask slip with her, especially when Wyatt is around. Wyatt helps Willow break down some of the barriers she puts up, he helps her be the person that she really is. Wyatt may seem like the bad boy, but he is actually a caring person who much like Willow wants to break away from the way that he is expected to behave.

Willow and Wyatt navigate their way through the list, giving Willow the insight that she needs to help her get the job. However neither of them accounted for the fact that staying together for the duration of the list would lead to feelings on either part. Wyatt seems to not be able to talk about his feelings, while Willow tries her best not to read too much into the situation between them.

Having some outside advice, can the two of them get their acts together and finally confess all? Or will they just continue to navigate the list and leave it as that? You will have to read this book to find out.

I really enjoyed getting to know Willow and Wyatt in this book, they have the relationship that goes from hardly knowing each other, to friends, to maybe more. Well done Emma Nichols on a brilliant read.

“You…amaze me. You really are a good girl. And I mean that in the best way.”

Stacey

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4 Smooches!

Synopsis

Ethan was Ashley’s secret crush, until he became an asshole.

Asshole is too good a word for him. It’s bad enough that he stopped talking to her brother, who was his best friend since preschool. It’s even worse that he went wild and got involved with criminal types. But the worst thing of all is the way he trapped her on this ridiculous road trip.

That’s what it is. Ridiculous. It just isn’t normal for a girl to get dragged from Virginia to South Dakota in a stolen car with just $1000 in cash. With Ethan Moore, who is way too hot and way too infuriating to be tolerated. But she’s stuck with him on a trip that is taking way longer than it should, sharing cheap hotel rooms, destroying cars, and eluding bad guys.

Yep. There are bad guys chasing them. Even worse guys than Ethan, and that’s saying a lot.

Plus, she’s having trouble keeping her hands off Ethan. In fact, she’s falling for him hard—when she isn’t wanting to wring his neck.

So, for two crazy weeks, her pride, her heart, and her life are all threatened. Ashley isn’t sure which she’ll lose first.

Review

Ashley and Ethan have known each other for a long time, but when Ashley and her family think Ethan got her brother into trouble with the law, they no longer saw each other. Until one fateful day when they both happen to be at the same gas station, and Ethan’s trouble with the law catches up to him in the form of men chasing them and shooting at them. From here on out these two embark on a roller-coaster road trip, trying to escape from the people chasing them while also trying to fight their attraction for each other. Will they both succumb to their feelings? And will they escape the men chasing them?

“She has to admit that she didn’t really dislike Ethan after all. He might be infuriating sometimes, but she cared about him. A lot.”

This was an enjoyable story. The characters were really likeable and the plot was original and exciting. However I did think that maybe the story went on for too long so at some points it dragged and the ending seemed to be resolved really quickly considering how long the story and their problems go on for.

“No wonder she resented him. After spending all night in bed with her, he wouldn’t even extend to her the common courtesy of getting an erection.”

Characters- I loved both Ethan and Ashley. I felt for Ethan massively; I could feel how upset and lonely he felt because of what Ashley thought of him at the beginning and how he still looked after her and cared for her. He was strong, sensitive, brave, handsome and just a nice guy, especially when we find out what he did for Ashley’s brother.
Ashley was equally likeable. She was strong, she didn’t back down, she was brave and funny and someone I could relate to and be proud to call a heroine of the story.

“She was absolutely crazy about Ethan, and no one else had ever infuriated her more.”

Plot- the plot was original and exciting. Especially the scenes when the men caught up to them. During those times it was fast paced and I would read quicker and quicker wanting to know if they would escape again or get caught. However like I mentioned I did actually think this story was too long. There were times it dragged a little and I think a few scenes could have been cut out or made a little shorter. The ending also seemed to happen rather quickly, especially the talk with Ashley’s parents. The epilogue also wasn’t my favourite as I normally like to see the charters further ahead in their lives or in their relationships.

“I think I’ve always been in love with you. I can’t imagine life without you. You’re…you’re everything to me.”

Overall a really enjoyable story with a creative plot and likeable characters. This story will keep your attention and you will want to know how it all ends. I look forward to reading more from this author in the future.

Bethany

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